Cabinet



C. A. STROMBERG.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23,1920.

Patented May m 1921.,

INVEARUJI @91 fwame y CHARLES A. STROMIBERG, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10 1921..

Application filed June 23, 1920.- Serial No. 391,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. STROMBEBG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Port Townsend, in the county of Jeflerson and Stateof Washin on, have invented certain new and useful mprovements inCabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

My invention relates to cabinets, its primary object being to provide adisplay cabinet principally adapted to contain hats and other appareland which will dispose the same in position for display exteriorly ofthe cabinet, and where they may be conveniently removed from-the latter.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet which includesa door upon which is mounted a plurality of shelves for supporting hatsand the like so that upon moving the door to open position the articlessupported on the shelves will be in position for display and removalfrom the cabinet.

It is another object of the invention to provide a cabinet whichwillpbviate crushing of the hats and which will facilitate the removableof the same from the cabinet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet having the abovecharacteristics, which is simple in construction, consists of few partsand which may be manufactured and placed on the market at a nominalcost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the inventionconsists of the combinations of elements, constructions, andarrangements of parts, operations and specific features, all of whichwill be hereinafter enlarged upon and explicitly defined in thesubjoined claims, the invention is illustrated in the attached drawing,wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet in open position;

Fig. 2 is a view of the cabinet in closed position, parts being brokenaway to illustrate the interior of the cabinet; i

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the shelves and the manner of mountingthe same; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the cabinet in i open position.

F i 5 is a vertical sectional View illustrating t e means for securingthe shelves to the door.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the

numeral 5 designates a cabinet having one side thereof open.

A door 10 is provided for the open side of the cabinet and is hingedto'the latter at 11. The inner face of the door 10 is provided with 'alongitudinal groove at its inner longitudinal edge in which is engaged apanel 13 that extends at right angles to the door and is of the samelength asthe door and is of a width to permit the same to be disposedwithin the cabinet. A plurality of shelves 14 is mounted upon the door10 and the panel 13, these shelves being arranged one above the other inspaced relation. The upper andlowermost shelves are permanently securedto the panel and door while the remaining shelves are removable. Theremovable shelves are provided with outstanding pins 15 at one edgewhich engage within openings 16 within the panel 13. Extendingdownwardly from each of the removable shelves at the forward end of theedge which abuts the door 10 is a downwardly extending lug 16. Aplurality of U-shaped yokes 17 are mounted upon the inner face of thedoor 10 at its free longitudinal edge, one for each of the lugs 16, inwhich these lugs are removably engaged.

A guard rail 18 is provlded for each of these shelves at its forwardedge to prevent the hats or other objects from becoming displaced fromthe shelves during the opening andclosing of the door.

If desired a drawer or receptacle may be mounted between the door andpanel for containing hat pins.

From the disclosure it will be apparent that. the articles supported onthe shelves will be retained intact within the cabinet and that uponopening the door, the articles will be displayed and in position to beremoved from the shelves.

This disclosure is illustrative only and it will be understood that theinvention may be carried out in other constructions, and further that mylimits of modification are only governed by what is claimed.

' What is claimed is p 1. The combination with a pair of supportsextending at right angles to each other, of a plurality of shelvessupported one above the other between the supports, outstanding pinsextending from one edge of each of the shelves and removably engagedwith one support, a downwardly extending lug carried by each of theshelves at its forward edge, and

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a plurality of U-shaped yokes carried by the other support, one for eachof the lugs.

2. A cabinet comprising a casing open at one side, a door hinged to thecasing provided with a longitudinal groove upon its inner face at itsinner longitudinal edge, a panel engaged in the groove and extending atright angles to the door, a plurality of shelves, and

Q newness means detachably connecting the shelves to the door and panel,one above the other. 10

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES A. STROMBERG. Witnesses:

H. L. HANSEN, EARL D. STURROGK.

